Boxing: Maloney lays into Fury for ‘degrading’ heavyweight boxing

Kellie Maloney slammed Tyson Fury yesterday for “degrading” the world heavyweight title with his behaviour since becoming champion.
Fury established himself as the world’s leading heavyweight when, 11 months ago, he unexpectedly defeated Wladimir Klitschko to win the WBA, WBO and IBF titles.
His career, however, has since unravelled. He first postponed a rematch with Klitschko, for his WBA and WBO titles, scheduled for July when citing an ankle injury.
Fury then withdrew from the rearranged date of October 29 amid claims he was “medically unfit” to fight.
On Monday he announced he had... read more

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